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Vaccination against Taenia solium cysticercosis in underfed rustic pigs of México: roles of age, genetic background and antibody response.
Veterinary parasitology - 27 Jun 2000
Huerta M, Sciutto E, García G, Villalobos N, Hernández M, Fragoso G, Díaz J, Díaz A, Ramírez R, Luna S, García J, Aguilar E, Espinoza S, Castilla G, Bobadilla J R, Avila R, José M V, Larralde C, de Aluja A S
Abstract excerpt
Vaccination of pigs of mixed genetic make-up, raised as rustically as done in rural Mexico, resulted in effective protection to experimental challenge against Taenia solium cysticercosis. Maximum protection was achieved if pigs were immunized at 70 days of age. There was large variation of viable parasite load within vaccinated pigs and controls, which is suggestive of significant genetic factors influencing...
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